A Simple Complication called Life

Who was Mr Godot?

Just before the end credits in Jaane Tu ya Jaane Naa, when the whole gang walks from the airport, we see an old man with a long flowing beard waiting on the airport with the sign “Mr Godot” in his hand.

When I saw the movie the only time in the theatre, I could not read the board for the split second it came online. So I was wondering what was written on that board?

Finally when I saw the movie again on DVD, I just saw the last part which brought me to this part;

A quick search on Google revealed that many bloggers were also wondering about the same thing and the story goes something like this;

Mr. Godot is based on a play written by Samuel Beckett called “Waiting for Godot“. The play has two characters waiting for a person named Godot who never arrives. So although the play is named after Godot, the character “Godot” never appears in the play. Although the two people claim to know Godot, they admit that had never seen Godot and would not recognize him even if he comes.

Very similar to JTYJN, where the two lead characters don’t now that they love each other and are waiting for the right person to come in their life. They would have just waited if the situation did not change at all.

In addition there is one more connection Godot has with JTYJN.

Naseeruddin Shah, who plays Imran Khan’s dead father in the movie formed a theatre group called Motley productions along with actors Tom Alter and Benjamin Gilani. Their first play was “Waiting for Godot” staged in Prithvi Theatre on July 29, 1979.

So why is this information here? Just a piece of irrelevant information. Just like this blog!